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    Lessons from a Hospital Bed
    Lessons from a Hospital Bed
    Lessons from a Hospital Bed
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    Lessons from a Hospital Bed

    By John Piper

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    Physical sickness affects more than just our bodies; it takes a toll on our emotional and spiritual health as well. In this honest book, best-selling author John Piper shares ten lessons he learned while in the hospital. Written to help those in the hospital focus their attention on God, his grace, and his plan—when such focus can be especially hard—this volume blends together personal narrative with biblical reflections to help readers rely on the God who stands ready to comfort and support his people. Whether it's cultivating a sense of gratitude, resisting the temptation to watch television 24/7, or looking for ways to serve those around them, this book encourages those who are sick to fight for faith in the midst of their illness.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCrossway Books
    Release dateFeb 12, 2016
    ISBN9781433550461
    Author

    John Piper

     John Piper is founder and lead teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. He served for thirty-three years as a pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is the author of more than fifty books, including Desiring God; Don’t Waste Your Life; and Providence. 

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      Lessons from a

      Hospital Bed

      Lessons

      from a

      Hospital

      Bed

      John Piper

      Foreword by
      Joni Eareckson Tada

      Lessons from a Hospital Bed

      Copyright © 2016 by Desiring God Foundation

      Published by Crossway

      1300 Crescent Street

      Wheaton, Illinois 60187

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher, except as provided for by USA copyright law. Crossway® is a registered trademark in the United States of America.

      Cover design: Jeff Miller, Faceout Studio

      Cover image: Shutterstock.com

      First printing 2016

      Printed in the United States of America

      Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      All emphases in Scripture quotations have been added by the author.

      Trade paperback ISBN: 978-1-4335-5043-0

      ePub ISBN: 978-1-4335-5046-1

      PDF ISBN: 978-1-4335-5044-7

      Mobipocket ISBN: 978-1-4335-5045-4

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Piper, John, 1946–

      Title: Lessons from a hospital bed / John Piper ; foreword by Joni Eareckson Tada.

      Description: Wheaton : Crossway, 2016. | Includes index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2015019155 (print) | LCCN 2015037842 (ebook) | ISBN 9781433550430 (tp) | ISBN 9781433550447 (pdf) | ISBN 9781433550454 (mobi) | ISBN 9781433550461 (epub)

      Subjects: LCSH: Hospital patients—Religious life. | Patients—Religious life. | Diseases—Religious aspects—Christianity.

      Classification: LCC BV4910.P56 2016 (print) | LCC BV4910 (ebook) | DDC 248.8/6—dc23

      LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015019155

      Crossway is a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

      2020-12-30 09:56:41 AM

      Contents

      Foreword: Before You Begin . . .

      by Joni Eareckson Tada

      The Setting

      Part 1

      Ten Beliefs I Brought to the Hospital

      Part 2

      Ten Lessons from My Hospital Bed

      Concluding Prayer

      Scripture Index

      Foreword:

      Before You Begin . . .

      I know hospitals. I wish I didn’t, but over the years I’ve become all too acquainted with their stale corridors and freezing-cold operating rooms. It started back in 1967 when a reckless dive into shallow water snapped my neck, leaving me a quadriplegic. When they rushed me to the hospital on that hot July afternoon, I had no idea I wouldn’t be discharged until

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